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Country illegally. so, everything from drugs and human trafficking, all these things that we say we are against, but the democrats are actually -- if you dont want a wall, how is it that you think you are going to impede? and if nancy pelosi, to listen to her, says its immoral, does that mean that she wants to take down the existing wall? lets have that fight and have that discussion. griff: keep that government shut down until there is movement on the side. >> there are numbers out there how bi...

To keep the government operating -- obama care still gets funded. thats because -- it has mandatory spending. in other words, automatic spending that even if the government shut down, obama care still by and large gets funded. there is john cornyn, read a few too many articles saying he is afraid of ted cruz going out there and dismandateling every aspect of ted cruzs argument. >> yes. factually he is right. a congressional research service report, requested by another senator, that showed clear...

So, taxes plummeted. two, automatic spending on unemployment insurance and food stamps goes up because more people dont have money -- >> and if you dont have part two that you did, thats when you get the great depression. it it is a stabilizer. >> but the spending that can be controlled -- and by the way, when the recession ends then your unemployment insurance expenditures goes down and your tax revenues go up again. thats why you should have a big deficit during the recession. but the part of ...

Passed the senate with overwhelming bipartisan support would extend tax cuts for all workers earning less than $400,000 a year, prevent a tax hike on estates valued at less than $5 million and extend unemployment benefits that were set to expire yesterday for some 2 million people. since congress missed the january 1st midnight deadline, technically the country did go over that fiscal cliff. but by passing the compromise deal in the house and senate, congress can try to take credit for retroacti...

Overwhelming bipartisan support, would extend tax cuts for all workers earning less than $400,000 a year, prevent a tax hike on estates valued at less than $5 million and extend unemployment benefits that were set to expire yesterday for some 2 million people. since congress missed the january 1st midnight deadline, technically the country did go over that fiscal cliff. but by passing the compromise deal in the house and senate, congress can try to take credit for retroactive tax cuts. to avoid ...

Thank you, maria. >> thanks. martha: a little change of pace around here. bill: well take that. the hire dryer out there. it is july. we were complaining in the winter. so were not going to complain now. martha: walk out of the house at 5:00 in the morning and like, whoa. bill: hang in there folks. it wont last forever. we told i about how more than two million jobs could be lost in automatic spending and defense cuts kick in at the end of this past year. listen to the small business owner says ...

Board. >> automatic spending, not until after the election, and we know politicians cant think past the next election for the most part. his more immediate concerns here, the super committee was a side show as far as the white house is concerned. president obamas immediate concern extension of payroll tax cuts and those are coming down the pipe right now and hes much more concerned about that. >> paul: kim, what about the concern, a lot of republicans have over dense again cuts. half of the auto...

sodomizing a boy in the showers, but not going to police. in an e-mail, he writes he did have discussions with police and the official at the university in charge of police. he spoke briefly with cbs news. >> do you have any idea when you think you might be ready to talk? >> this process has to play out. i just dont have anything else to say. thats all. >> okay. one last thing. describe your emotions right now. >> all over the place. just kind of shaken. >> crazy? >> crazy. >> you said...

John cornyn said i guess we better recharge or batteries. it seems like ground hog day. we get up and do the same thing over and over and over again. it is maddening. yesterdays approval included 4.7 in spending for ship repair and missile defense. short-term extension to keep the childrens program running until march. $2 billion for a veterans hurricane program. the spending resolution also waived automatic spending cuts that would have been triggered due to estimated deficit from tax bill. pav...

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